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Publication Date: 2012-Nov
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Training the Mind's Eye: "Brain Movies" Support Comprehension and Recall
Wilson, Donna
Reading Teacher, v66 n3 p189-194 Nov 2012
Explicit instruction on the skill of creating mental imagery from text supports reading comprehension and recall. This article shares a strategy for teaching students how to process what they read by comparing mental imagery to "brain movies." It emphasizes choosing appropriate fiction and nonfiction texts to encourage readers to build the skill of creating mental imagery, and offers examples from two classrooms on how students use brain movies to make meaning from what they read.
Descriptors: Brain, Reading Comprehension, Imagery, Recall (Psychology), Control Groups, Retention (Psychology), Visualization, Reading
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